70. Wales Rally GB 2014
13. 11. – 16. 11. 2014, Deeside • gravel 305.64 km • total distance including road sections - 1363.91 km • Other years
Info
SS23
To byl můj cíl, je to nejlepší cesta jak dokončit sezónu. Jakmile se včera ráno stala ta situace s JML, změnili jsme okamžitě strategii. Jsem opravdu štastný, že Mikko je na pódiu, né moc jezdců končí svou kariéru na stupních vítězů. Nikdy nebyl šampionem, ale vždy od toho byl kousek, je jeden z nejlepších jezdců...
Jsem opravdu štastný, nemohl to být lepší konec mé kariéry. Je tak strašně moc lidí, kterým bych chtěl poděkovat.
"Very good stage, I enjoyed a lot. We kept the forth place. We looking for next year..."
"We had good tire on back. Everything is ok. It was good experience..."
"We tried to go perfect, it was solid start I mean. I have to say max thanks for M-Sport team..."
"It was important for the feeling. Future? We will see..."
"(came with christmas three) On the middle of the road, I cut it, unfortunately. It was very difficult weekend. I came here for the victory, first day I did mistake..."
"Happy like hell, I did maximum, hard pushing, wonderful end of the season..."
"This rally was realy difficult..."
"After bad friday was fine saturday. This rally wasn´t easy..."
SS22
We're doing what we supposed to do. I'm happy with that. One more stage to go!
“I could not do more than this, I was not comfortable in the car, I was flat out. I have to take a lot of risks but we kept it on the road and one more to go.”
“Maybe a little too sideways in places. No mistakes as such – not too bad.”
“Big fight (with Paddon), I was really good on this stage, a good feeling.”
"Nice stage, quite OK grip, more than I was expecting."
In some parts there's good grip, quite enjoyable stage.
SS19
Stopped in stage
SS18
"It was difficult, very slippy. We lost, let´s see..."
two punctures
"I went into the ditch. I collected grass. I lost about tree seconds, it is ok..."
Front right damage (big impact)
"It´s very slippy, I tried to do my best..."
"We made puncture..."
"Good run, some places are slippy, couple of places we were carreful..."
"That was ok..."
"Ok, tricky stage, on some places is lot of muds..."
"It was like yesterday, very slippy, muddy places..."
"I went safely throw the stage, it is very muddy..."
SS17
"It wasn´t easy day, I am happy in the finish..."
"It´s been very frustrating. I´ve got confidence in the darkness. Points help me for championship..."
"It is realy fantastic. It´s gonna be quite interesting tomorrow, we will see, everything is possible..."
"I realy enjoyed, I had problem with handbrake..."
"Problem with tyres, I have no spare. I have to be little bit carreful. We will fight back for podium tomorrow..."
"There was not time to fix lights. We lost too much time. I damaged it. We lost some time in previous stage, I don´t know why..."
"Little bit up and down, it is not too bad. We are looking for tomorrow..."
"Was difficult for me, time is not so bad..."
"Difficult, especialy on gravel slideways are completely different. We have gone without any mistake, I am happy..."
"On previous stage we lost extralights. "
"We fix intercom, sometimes we struggeling a bit. Not a perfect stage for me..."
SS15
"It is rough..."
"When you are not in the fight, than you have bad feeling and bad find rythm..."
"Realy well, slippy in places..."
"Quite good, little bit slippery..."
"We had problem, we fix it, problem with the intercom..."
"Better than in the morning, I am quite happy with my run, we need to keep the car on the road..."
"Conditions are terrible, we tried to be clean..."
"Realy slippy, huge rock on the road..."
"Conditions are very tricky, not easy... (rear right pneu puncture)"
SS14
"I struggeling, quite slippy, bad conditions like yesterday..."
"Slippy, for sure little bit more grip, time is nothing best from here..."
"He did well (Meeke)..."
"Very tricky, slippery, it´s like ice in some corners..."
"For the moment we can do nothing, it is close, in my opinion we came in time..."
"Very slippy, no traction at all, I tried to do my best..."
"I missed tree junctions..."
"I mean, it was more slippy for me (than for Henning)..."
"That was slippery, I pussing hard, there is mud on the top..."
"Realy slippery, late on brakes, we missed one corner, lost some time, difficult to find the grip..."
"Tricky again, we tried to change set up, car is underseering..."
"Feel is good, not bad, grip is changing..."
"Like a different rally now, very slippery..."
"Wrong helmet, I have problem with it, no intercom at all for four stages, I don´t believe it..."
No intercom
SS13
"Battle was very enjoyable with Jari."
"It´s been very disapointing morning. Broken front right bumper..."
"Boys are fast all the morning, we will see, what happened in the afternoon...
"We continue keepeng presure..."
"Sometimes braking early, sometimes late, it´s been good. "
"Quite good rythm, fighting a lot, realy tricky..."
"Car is working perfect..."
"not good feeling, always problems on this rally..."
SS12
"Not easy to control it, nice drive..."
"Very nervouse to drive, but we are here. We have plan to fix it in service..."
"Citroen was fast in the morning, I don´t know, if we should change something on the car..."
"Incredible, quite happy with my time, we pushed very hard..."
"Stage was quite all right, we pushed. We have to fight in the afternoon..."
"That´s been quite good, we lost 10 seconds when we lost junction, it is quite slippy, it´s quite difficult..."
"It was clean, so slipery, so polished, tricky stage..."
"It was all fine, really slipery, I tried to do my best, not easy at all..."
"I am happy, I am flat out, no problem, everything is perfect..."
"Difficult, grip is changing, I am not so confident with my pace. We try to change some for the afternoon. At this moment I have no idea what...
"It was quite difficult stage, not easy, very slippery, time was quite ok."
"Really struggeled, really hard..."
"Interesting today, nice stage, good rythm, realy nice stage..."
Mayby have suspension problem
"It was ok, rythm was not ok, clean stage for us, quite tricky. Fun running."
SS10
"Lead is really good, I must drive without mistake..."
"I mean what was the problem, sleepy braking, than I couldn´t realy started, we could drive without rear spoiler. I cann´t fight for the podium..."
"High speed, I struggeling, no big mistake, it is realy close..."
"Nothing could be slipppery more than yesterday, so narrow, tricky..."
"Quite ok stage, good rythm..."
"I missed junction, like on ice, very slippery..."
"Not easy to be honest, very hard conditions, very difficult to find the grip. "
"Extremely slippy, it seems very difficult, I am realy on the limit..."
"It´s not good, I lost one junction..."
SS9
"Very good stage, I realy push, but it was very slippy..."
"There were lot of spectators and helped him out of the ditch..."
Pokračuje
LATVALA STUCK IN A DITCH
"Quite good, more narrow..."
"Quite ok, tricky conditions, good stage, not perfect..."
"Big push, quite moment on the last corner, quite good time. It was very late on braking. We gonna hit something..."
"Feeling isn´t so bad..."
"Really difficult, it was ok stage for morning. Like yesterday morning, but more muddy, really slippy,..."
"I went thrue junction, car is good...(car is muddy)"
"It is good, good grip, muddy, it looks very slipery, but not, it is good"
"It was ok, grip was quite good, all was ok."
SS8
"I have been quite on the limit"
"I am happy, it was not so bad, I was struggling last stage"
"Big mistake in last stage of the day, I missed braking point, good day, I was happy."
"Conditions are difficult, I struggled
"I lost a couple of seconds in harpins"
"I am happy with the day, no big mistake"
"I pushed hard, stage is looking polished"
Big moment
SS7
"I hit a big rock before the fast section. We had quite a good rhythm. I'm happy to be at the end of the day." / Před rychlou sekcí jsme trefili velký kámen. Měli jsme docela dobrý rytmus. Jsem spokojen, že jsem v cíli...
SS6
"Hopefully I'll enjoy my wife tonight as much as that stage!" / Doufám, že se budu večer bavit s mou ženou stejně jako na téhle zkoušce!
"We just want to go sideways!"
"Puncture"
"The stages are getting really polished like ice, we are getting better all the time, still not right but mega fun"
"Settling in there, the stages are alot more polished, we should be going better but the times are slower, no risks in there"
"We are trying to go a bit faster now, I think we are doing good, I am really really enjoying it"
"Difficult stage, there are places that have cut up so it is not easy"
"Puncture - 7km before the finish, we lose maybe 50 seconds"
"It is better I think but we broke the Anti Roll Bar in the rear"
"We had a problem on the fast part of the stage but good"
"We changed a bit of setting on the car, we are gaining the rhythm again, there was a big impact on the rear right but have no damage I think"
"I know it is scary when you brake in 6th gear and it goes quicker! I could go faster but I don't know where the grip is, I shouldn't be that slow!" / Je to děsivé, když šlápnete na brzdu na šestku a auto jede rychleji! Mohl jsem jet rychleji, ale nemám přilnavost, neměl bych ale být takhle pomalý!
"Well it is very very slippery, it is a mucky slimy and we lost the power steering and had to turn it off and on again, but obviously we lose time here but we see how it goes"
"We got too much under-steering and struggling a bit but it is okay"
"Very very difficult, because you lose a lot of concentration, we must finish the day and see where we are in WRC2, it looks really good if we are top 3 or top 5 at the end of the day"
"Really tricky, very hard to find any traction, I am going quite hard in places"
"It is under-steering a lot"
"The power steering pump is gone and there is nothing we can do"
"I am really pushing"
"It is better now, I bit more slippy, I am under-steering on leaving the corner, we have to try and work on the car a bit more, I really don't know what I can do because the time is good but I know I can be quicker" / Je to lepší, teď to trochu víc klouzalo, nedotáčí se mi auto a šel jsem ven ze zatáčky, musíme se pokusit víc zamakat na autě, opravdu netuším, co dělat, protože čas je dobrý, ale já vím, že můžeme být rychlejší...
"It is great to be here, but I prefer the bone dry conditions, there is no grip in here, I think Hafren will be the same"
"I thought I had a similar rhythm in here as the last, it is like a Monte Carlo rally on gravel, I have to stay happy and focus on the 3rd Place"
"Yeah it's horrible conditions, the car is understeering but I guess everyone is the same, I'm happy but we have to be careful, we are bottoming quite a lot" / Příšerné podmínky, auto je nedotáčivé, ale je to pro všechny stejné, jsem spokojený, ale musíme být opatrní...
"Unfortunately I dropped too much and couldn't find a rhythm, I have no clue what we can do" / Bohužel jsem se propadl příliš a nedokážu najít správné tempo, nemám ponětí co s tím...
"I am finding a better rhythm on this one"
"I lost time in here, and I don't exactly know why, I thought I was driving well, I try in Hafren now" / Trochu jsem teď ztratil, nevím přesně proč, myslel jsem, že jedu dobře, zkusím to teď na Hafren napravit...
"Yeah better on this one, I have to say on this stage not too bad because of tricky conditions"
SS5
"We need to try to make some changes to be quicker this afternoon."
It was really good stage.
"Nothing special, it was just a bad stage for me. I made a couple of mistakes, I couldn’t do the hairpin. Now I have to clean the mud! ;-)"
SS4
“It was disaster for us. I have a spin into the tight hairpin. Then I was correcting one corner and there was straightaway braking after, I see the road goes straight and I go wrong road so I have to reverse… It was a disaster.”
“I have 3 and 4 cylinders all the time… That is how it is.” - Had a spin."
“We are improving stage to stage. I felt that I can push much higher."
"I feel I am a little bit careful in places."
“It is getting worse, first car definitely has an advantage. It is good and slippy. I nearly spun at the very first corner, so I am happy with my time.”
“I am feeling like I am doing well on the last two stages. There are some sections where I am on the same pace (as the faster cars) but I am losing time. We keep fighting.”
“It is a proper Wales stage. Big challenge, I am quite happy with the time."
“Not good, really muddy."
“I did a mistake in the first junction, I lost maybe 4 or 5 seconds. I am annoyed with that. It was very slippery towards the end, the last 800-metres, I am not surprised if someone goes off, there was a very slippy right hander.”
“Most of the stage was okay, but the last kilometre was really tricky and it is such a fast section. It has been a great morning for us.”
SS2
“Not so difficult than expected. The previous stage was a bit better grip than this one. Trying to not make any mistake and build up the speed."
“Difficult conditions. It is always like this here. This conditions are quite difficult for me, not a lot of experience.”
“I am on three cylinders so we have to stop and try to fix it. It is the spark plug, I will try to fix it.”
“I have no confidence with the grip. On the first stage I had really good grip as the tyres are really soft.”
"Reall nice stage but my rhythm was not perfect - I was loosing the line in some places."
“OK. Clean enough. Nothing spectacular. No dramas.”
Very difficult to find the good braking points. Sometimes, you think you're a little girl braking early!
"Didn't find a rhythm from the beginning. Conditions were not too bad on this one - grip better than I expected." / "Nenašel jsem zatím správný rytmus. Podmínky na téhle zkoušce nejsou tak špatné, přilnavost byla lepší, než jsem čekal.
"Very difficult conditions. I was not so happy with my driving. I had a moment and need to back off after."
Andreas has damage on front right. Slightly too fast over crest and braked late for left hander. Hit a bank and had to stop to check
"It all right, hope we can do a bit better but not bad"
"Difficult stage, had a big moment. Almost rolled. Very tricky."
"I’m not perfectly happy with my drive, but it’s still good. Grip was ok on this one. The first one was more slippery than I expected"
stopped
SS1
"Good rhythm, a good first stage. I need to increase my speed. We have to continue!"
"From where we started it is hard to do much better. Seb (Ogier) was really quick. Every car that is further back goes slower, but we try.”
“Not the best time, but now it is has started and it is easier over the next day. All okay.”
“Good start for me, Happy with that. Pretty slippery.”